Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone - pair
Rosleague, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rosleague
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.54928, -9.97885
- SMR number
- GA023-046----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
This stone pair is located in an area of rough grazing land on an E-W running ridge. It commands panoramic views overlooking Ballynakill Harbour and Tully Mountain to the NW. Diamond Hill and Doughruagh or Kylemore Mountain are visible to the E and NE respectively. The pair consists of two granite boulders, 2.3m apart, and while not parallel with one another, they lie on a roughly NNE-SSW axis. The taller boulder (H 1.32m; Wth 1.3m; T 0.85m), to the S, is flat-faced to the E and bears a more rounded profile to the W. The shorter N boulder (H 0.6m; L 1.2m; T 1m) is roughly trapezoidal in shape. The monument is obscured by the dense growth of cotoneaster, particularly around the S and W faces of the larger boulder. However, according to local information, it was clear of overgrowth in the mid-1960s, when it was visible as a more prominent feature in the landscape. This stone pair was brought to our attention by Helen Riekstiņš. Another example (GA023-030----) is known from this townland. It lies c. 225m to the NNW.
The following images have been appended:
GA023-046----_02 View from W
GA023-046----_03 View from SE overlooking Ballynakill Harbour
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 5 February 2019
Nearby in the register
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.